Patients are waking up to their role as owners of their own healthcare data, which will give them economic clout and control over new business models that are disrupting traditional healthcare financing. Forecasts suggest that healthcare data will be the fastest growing sector by 2025, with patients trading their data as currency and investing in their own care outcomes. This will lead to the development of predictive analytics, personalised products, and extended care models, and will require patients to come to terms with the value of data ownership and overcome interoperability challenges.
Change Healthcare breach affected 100 million Americans, marking a new record
The recent data breach at Change Healthcare is now known to have impacted 100 million Americans, according to new information revealed to the Health and